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A Refuge Remembered
No full textThe history of the author\u27s Kennebunkport home, a barn refurbished as living quarters. Details the progress of the barn, on land once known as Freedom Farm, from the property of an invalided dairy farmer to the refuge of twenty-eight Eastern European displaced persons after World War II, including Zbig Kurlanski, a refugee from Russia who came to the farm at the age of 4 with his mother and brothers, and is now the author\u27s neighbor
Maine Homes: Officers\u27 Quarters
No full textPhotos and snippets describe three homes recently on the market in Maine: in Brewer, the childhood home of Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War general, Maine governor, and president of Bowdoin College; in Limerick, the home of John McDonald, general in the War of 1812 and member of Maine\u27s first state senate; in Bath, the summer home of William King, general in the War of 1812 and Maine\u27s first governor
Food and Drink: Pure and Simple
No full textA review of the restaurant wolfpeach in Camden. Describes the hyperlocal approach to food sourcing and minimalist presentation characteristic of owners Gabriela Acero and Derek Richard
Good Things From Maine: Glass Menagerie
No full textFour snippets describing the work of Maine stained glass artists Heather Burgess (The Glass Feather), Kaela Brennan (Luna Glass Design), Roberta Mershimer (Girl With a Glass Heart), and Lauren Berg (Botanic Magic)
Cheney, Matthiessen, and Me
No full textEssay about life partners Russell Cheney, the painter, and Harvard professor F. O. Matthiessen. The author, himself a gay man who grew up close to the Kittery home Cheney and Matthiessen shared, reflects on their lives and the relationship they had to hide from much of the world
The List: Maine-Based Registered Investment Advisers
No full textA list of ten Maine-based registered investment advisers, ranked by assets under management by Maine offices
Brief: An Orono Hotel Will Be Converted to Offices by Tyler Technologies
No full textA brief notice of the sale of the University Inn Academic Suites, a hotel close to the University of Maine\u27s Orono campus, to Tyler Technologies Inc. for use as an office complex
Ghost Stories
No full textBrief round-up of some historic houses around Maine and the spirits and ghosts that are said to haunt them
On the Record: Greg Glynn
No full textBrief interview with sports broadcaster Greg Glynn. Topics include Pliable, his new marketing and public relations company, his plans to help athletes build their personal brands, and his days as broadcaster for the Portland Pirates